Kicking it off...

As you join please share with us where your are in the ttc & parenting journey!

As for me I have been actively trying to conceive for about 3 months and not preventing for about a year. This past September I suffered my 2nd MC and am giving myself a month break before ttc again. I know one day I will get my rainbow baby and thank my angel babies for giving me the joy they did, even if it was only for a brief time. I look forward to getting to know all of you ladies :)

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hello! thanks for starting a new board...I am TTC for 6 months, next cycle will be my 7th if I dont get my BFP this week, to be honest its starting to get extremely frustrating..I am luckily already beyond blessed with 2 kiddos, DS-7 DD-5, but those are with previous relationships, and I want so badly a lo with my S/O...I just dont know why its not happening!!!! uhhhhhh starting to chart with next cycle, sorry for the long story :)

Hi! I've been TTC #1 for a year this month. Never had a BFP and thinking about going back to not trying/not preventing if I don't get one this cycle. I've been charting for at least 6 months, and I ovulate within the same three day window every month, so if this month isn't the month, I think my brain could use a break from all the chart analyzing! I do recommend it, though, as my primary doctor thought I wasn't ovulating, and my charts confirmed I am (and my RE confirmed this as well). Good luck to us all!

fwicks good luck to getting a bfp this month! Are you taking clomid or anything like that? I heard that after a year of ttc the docs will lend a hand in the whole ttc process. Im not really sure what the process is after unsuccessfully ttc naturally. The reason I ask is because my doc mentioned to me yesterday that if i have another mc we will start looking into reasons why it is happening and exploring other options. She really didnt seem like she wanted to get into it just yet so i didnt ask too many questions..

Hello there! I'm Lorelei. We've been TTC #1 for 9 cycles. I haven't had anything on a HPT either, Farra.

Lemme see, we've used OPKs the whole time, but last cycle I added Soy Iso at the start of my cycle, and temping and Metformin toward the end. I've only had 2 +OPKs and one was on Soy Iso. My midwife says the tests for IR are hit-or-miss, but with my clinical presentaion and family history, she felt comfortable prescribing a low dose of Met. I'm supposed to just keep trucking, and then come back in December if there's no BFP.

Farra, I wonder how doctors decide to proceed with tests. Since s/he confirmed you ovulate, are they looking at structural problems or the male factor now?

What do they use metformin for? I dont know what worse ladies...getting a bfp and getting crushed with a mc or not seeing a bfp at all. The one thing I do know is that once we get our little bundle of joy all of the stuggle, tears and joy of the process will make it all worth it!

Metformin controls how much sugar you have in your blood, and increases your body's sensitivity to insulin. Insulin resistance and fluctuating blood sugar levels are common in women with PCOS. Getting it under control helps with ovulation, egg quality, hormone balance, weight loss, and acne. Holla!

Hi! I'm Heather and I'm in a weird place in regards to ttc. Our baby girl Hannah was stillborn in July at 36 weeks, 4 days. We shouldn't be ttc at all, but I have an overwhelming desire to be pregnant again. We've been trying since my 6 week pp checkup. Ok, that's a lie. We started the week before, lol.

We found out that my rubella immunity had waned over time, so I got the mmr vaccine the first week of Sept. They recommend skipping a cycle before resuming ttc, so we kind of skipped this month. I say kinda, because we still bd'd, DH just pulled out. Like we're teenagers, lol.

Anyway! Our son is two, and we were hoping to have a sibling for him around his second b-day. I had an early m/c in September 2011, then we got pregnant with Hannah November 2011. I have hyperemesis gravidarum during pregnancy, so I was hooked up to in-home IVs and a Zofran pump for the first half of the pregnancy. We lost her in July, just three weeks before she was due.

So, we are in our second cycle ttc #3, but it feels like we've been trying for much longer. It's been over a year since we began this journey, and it's been a long, tough road. We don't really have any fertililty issues, and I'm very thankful for that. Hopefully, the next time we get pregnant, we'll actually be able to bring home a baby.